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<blockquote data-quote="Scrubnut" data-source="post: 625187" data-attributes="member: 557632">My sister-in-law is a doctor and the city she is in has seen nearly all surgeons and a large portion of the doctors leave because of the cost of malpractice insurance. They move to another state where it is lower and then most of her patients are out of luck. There is a 10 month wait to see one particluar type of doctor because there is only one left within something like a 50-mile radius. F****** lawyers are why all types of insurance rates are up. Lawyers looking to keep getting richer and richer. Most of the time the patient doesn&#039;t see a lot of the money.But, doctors don&#039;t have the luxury of messing up when it is someone&#039;s life. Although, them getting people in and out is not always their fault. Hospital administrators want to get patients in and out as fast as they can; the more patients a doctor sees the more money the hospital makes. If a doctor spends 30 minutes with a patient the hospital makes the same as a doctor seeing a patient for 5 minutes. Do the math. Insurance companies want to keep their profits up by&nbsp; limiting the services and tests they will pay for so there is pressure on doctors from both sides to limit what they are able to do.If the doctor was an a-hole and really didn&#039;t treat your dad then sue him to cover the doctor and hospital&#039;s screw-up. Your family might get the hospital to settle out of court without hiring trial lawyers but you run the risk of getting screwed again. If you go to a lawyer whatever extra you could win in a lawsuit will probably go to the lawyers anyway. Whatever you choose you get screwed at least once again. Maybe sue the hospital for the majority of the compensation.(There is a Good Samaritan Law that protects everyday people in the event they try to help someone so that they can&#039;t get sued. )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scrubnut, post: 625187, member: 557632"] My sister-in-law is a doctor and the city she is in has seen nearly all surgeons and a large portion of the doctors leave because of the cost of malpractice insurance. They move to another state where it is lower and then most of her patients are out of luck. There is a 10 month wait to see one particluar type of doctor because there is only one left within something like a 50-mile radius. F****** lawyers are why all types of insurance rates are up. Lawyers looking to keep getting richer and richer. Most of the time the patient doesn't see a lot of the money. But, doctors don't have the luxury of messing up when it is someone's life. Although, them getting people in and out is not always their fault. Hospital administrators want to get patients in and out as fast as they can; the more patients a doctor sees the more money the hospital makes. If a doctor spends 30 minutes with a patient the hospital makes the same as a doctor seeing a patient for 5 minutes. Do the math. Insurance companies want to keep their profits up by limiting the services and tests they will pay for so there is pressure on doctors from both sides to limit what they are able to do. If the doctor was an a-hole and really didn't treat your dad then sue him to cover the doctor and hospital's screw-up. Your family might get the hospital to settle out of court without hiring trial lawyers but you run the risk of getting screwed again. If you go to a lawyer whatever extra you could win in a lawsuit will probably go to the lawyers anyway. Whatever you choose you get screwed at least once again. Maybe sue the hospital for the majority of the compensation. (There is a Good Samaritan Law that protects everyday people in the event they try to help someone so that they can't get sued. ) [/QUOTE]

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